Explorer.exe crashing


Win711 said:
I remember I used to always do that in win98, xp, but I stopped for some reason and forgot why. What does it do?

Good idea though. If explorer is in a sperate process that may alleviate whatever cache is filling up.
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do you use winaero tweaker because in the menu
file explorer > icon cache size
you can increase the cache to 1024 from the default
winaero.com

Winaero Tweaker

Winaero Tweaker is a free app for all versions of Windows that lets you adjust (i.e. tweak) hidden secret settings that Microsoft does not let you adjust
winaero.com

also a few other changes can be made to explorer if so wished.

edit. when explorer was crashing on my system i found it to be a service.
Sonitude SECOMN Service

once i had disabled this service explorer worked normally but with the above tweaks enabled
best of luck, Steve ..
 

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XxXxX said:
do you use winaero tweaker because in the menu
file explorer > icon cache size
you can increase the cache to 1024 from the default
winaero.com

Winaero Tweaker

Winaero Tweaker is a free app for all versions of Windows that lets you adjust (i.e. tweak) hidden secret settings that Microsoft does not let you adjust
winaero.com

also a few other changes can be made to explorer if so wished.
best of luck, Steve ..
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I think freebooter already had me do that a few posts back. It should be set to 8192.
 

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XxXxX said:
edit. when explorer was crashing on my system i found it to be a service.
Sonitude SECOMN Service
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How did you discover that service was the problem?

I need to go through my services... and bios settings. It's just so much work.
 

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Win711 said:
How did you discover that service was the problem?

I need to go through my services... and bios settings. It's just so much work.
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it came up in the reliability logs
www.elevenforum.com

View Reliability History in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to view reliability history for your Windows 11 device. The Reliability Monitor provides a system stability overview and details about events that impact reliability. It calculates the Stability Index shown in the System Stability Chart. Reliability Monitor...
www.elevenforum.com www.elevenforum.com

best of luck, Steve ..
 

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XxXxX said:
it came up in the reliability logs
www.elevenforum.com

View Reliability History in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to view reliability history for your Windows 11 device. The Reliability Monitor provides a system stability overview and details about events that impact reliability. It calculates the Stability Index shown in the System Stability Chart. Reliability Monitor...
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best of luck, Steve ..
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Thanks! I never knew that existed.

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Looks like some trouble with the graphics driver and explorer. Intel has been bugging me for a while about a graphics driver update.

Still wondering how windows update got turned back on. It's like a virus that won't stay dead.
 

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Well I installed the updated graphic driver, and after restarting the system seems much faster/snappier. I don't know what the graphic driver would have to do with it but it was gigantic and took forever to download, so maybe it came with something important.

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Then I paused updates until march. Evidently group policy is ignored.

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One thing I really hate about win11 is it seems to ignore any changes I make to it. It's like being shadowbanned where I think I'm posting when I'm really not, windows lets me think I've made changes when I really haven't.
 

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keep an eye on it for a few days and let us know if all is well.
best of luck, Steve ..
 

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    Ryzen 7 5825u
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    HP
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    64GB DDR4 3200
    Graphics Card(s)
    Ryzen 7 5825u
    Sound Card
    RealTek
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    24" HP AiO
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    i5 7200u
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    Dell
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    16GB DDR4
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    Intel
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    Intel
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    13" Dell Laptop
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XxXxX said:
keep an eye on it for a few days and let us know if all is well.
best of luck, Steve ..
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Ok, will do, but I'm going to be making some other changes too so it won't be a perfect experiment. So far though just updating that driver was like a clog blew out and suddenly everything is faster. Search is still slow. Takes 45 seconds to find the same 7 files that an app called "files" can find instantly.

Download it at the classic installer link at the bottom for free and see if it's faster for you too Files • Download
 

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    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-14900K
    Motherboard
    GIGABYTE Z790 AORUS Elite X WIFI7
    Memory
    Corsair 128GB (4x32GB) DDR5 5600MT/S CL40 Memory Kit
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    Onboard
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    MEG Ai1300P PCIE 5 & ATX 3.0 PSU 1300 watts
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